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Bill and Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University required a suitably thoughtful HVAC selection and design process. After CFD analysis, the Syska team determined that unusual solution led by active and passive chilled beams, DOAS, and key dehumidifiers is the perfect way to to keep spaces comfortable.…

Building control systems put power in the hands of building owners and operators, including energy-saving capacity, facility data, ensure occupant comfort, and enable facility managers to tailor system operations.…

For decades, schools of all shapes and sizes – whether primary, secondary or higher education – have led the industry in designing daylight into their projects. In parallel, industry and academia have taught designers and builders techniques, technologies, and testing necessary to provide the appropriate quantity and quality of light for the bu…

Built in 1954, the historic Capitol Records Building in Hollywood, Calif., is a 13-floor high-rise designed to resemble a stack of records topped with a stylus, reflecting the mission of its namesake. Known as the world’s first circular office building, the 150,000-square-foot structure has to contend with Southern California’s sun all day long…

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This Monday marked the grand opening for the new Long Beach Civic Center! Mayor Robert Garcia was on site to mark the occasion of the $533 million civic center. A P3 project, our Syska team is proud to have provided MEP engineering, sustainable design, and vertical transportation services for the game changing development which includes...

Read the latest from NETWORKcomputing ! Syska Hennessy’ Milan Sutaria is quoted! Optimal speed and responsiveness are within easy reach when an IoT network is configured for peak performance. Here are five ways to get started. Internet of Things (IoT) networks are popping up just about everywhere, allowing business, industrial and home users to control...

Syska Hennessy presents Leonard Suskin’s recent article , “Friction, SB-327 and Zoom’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Week ” .As published by rAVe publications. Take a read ! Last week was an eventful one for Zoom. In less than twenty-four hours, we had: The revelation of multiple security vulnerabilities in the popular Zoom conferencing software A [now updated] defensive statement...

Written by Syska’s own, Leonard Suskin, Senior Associate, Information Communication Technology. One of my guilty pleasures is organization consultant Marie Kondo’s Netflix show, Tidying Up. Even those who’ve not seen her know of her, have seen the jokes about discarding those things that don’t “spark joy,” and have heard something about her growing influence. As I...